“Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.” DifferentStoriesFilmRadioHonestly Author:Ira Glass
“I think the thing that I wish somebody would ask me is just to ask about the business side of the radio show. I feel like I actually work very hard to make sure the business side of the radio show runs, and no one has any interest in how a public radio show is run. And rightly so.” ThinkingFeelsHardShowsRunningAsksWishSidesInterestRadioAsk MePublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
“For people starting public radio shows, one of the things you have to do is you have to talk every single public radio station into picking you up.” PeopleShowsStartingRadioStationsRadio StationsPublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
“I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.” ThinkingCharacterUseBigsFictionEmotionalSceneRadioTechniqueToneUrgentThink Big Author:Ira Glass
“I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.” SpeakRadioAdmittingUntruth Author:Ira Glass
“You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.” ThinkingLongEnoughSpaceRadioStaringStaring Into Space Author:Ira Glass
“But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.” PeopleThinkingProblemRadioSincereBeing SincerePublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
“But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.” InterestingIssuesRadioBurningStakesUrgent Author:Ira Glass
“Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.” NeedsDifferentPurposeFictionRadioDrivingMediocre Author:Ira Glass
“One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.” PeopleWorldReasonShowsEasyForgetAudienceSpeechRadioStationsRadio StationsPublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
